Minimalist models for proteins: A comparative analysis

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-371

  Tozzini, Valentina ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79951676668     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583510000132     Document Type: Article

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